The Loosely Coupled podcast has posted their latest episode today, Episode #17 - Mentoring and Apprenticing. Join hosts Jeff Carouth and Matt Frost as they talk about people helping people become better developers build relationships in the community.

In this episode Jeff and Matt talk about the idea of establishing and participating in mentoring relationships. As participants in the PHP Mentoring organization or initiative, mentorship is an important part of Jeff's and Matt's lives as developers. The main theme in this episode is that you should find a way to get past your fears and find a way to get involved with mentoring in your community. Along the way they cover some advice based on past experiences of what to expect and how to establish successful relationships.

The Loosely Coupled podcast has released their latest episode: #10, Titles and Classifications. In this episode hosts Jeff Carouth and Matt Frost discuss these two topics and how they effect one's career.

In this episode Jeff and Matt continue their conversation about careers by discussing their thoughts on titles and classifications of developers. If you've ever asked "what is a senior developer?" or even "am I a senior developer?" this episode is for you.

The Voices of the ElePHPant podcast has published their most recent episode today, another in their series of PHP community interviews. The time it's with Jeff Carouth, a leader in the DCPHP user group.

They talk some about the idea of "open spaces" at conferences and how it can make it easier for people to present their ideas without having a full presentation. He also mentions the "hallway track" at events and some of his experiences at HTML5 Texas. He also explains what he sees as the difference between an unconference and the "open spaces" area.